Hallam, Percy, Private, 3474, 1st/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Enlisted: Belper, Derbyshire
Disembarked for service 25th June 1915
Killed in action 1st July 1916
Aged 20
Son of Samuel & Emily Hallam, of 37 Short Row, Belper, Derbyshire
Buried on Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, France, Grave Reference: I H 7
Originally buried at Map Reference: 57.DE.28.b.1.8

Service Records
Enlisted 7th November 1914
5 feet 5 inches in height
Served in France from the 26th June 1915
Treated in hospital for boils 24th – 30th July 1915
Treated in hospital for scabies 7th September – 18th December 1915 being evacuated to England for treatment
Rejoined unit in France 14th May 1916

1911 Census:
Samuel Percy Hallam was a 14 year old stove grate painter. He was born in Belper, and was residing at 37, Short Rows, Belper. He was the son of Samuel Hallam, a railway platelayer, and Emily Charlotte Hallam, a hosiery embroiderer.

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Grave of Percy Hallam, Gommecourt New Wood Cemetery, Fonquevillers, France


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Belper Somme Centenary Memorial Planter for Percy Hallam


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Belper Methodist Church
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